Well that was unexpected. Gibraltar travelled to Germany and more than held their own against the World Champions in Friday’s EURO 2016 qualifier. With the German fans prepping their calculators and leafing through the record books in anticipation of a goal fest, they were left more than disappointed after limping to a 4-0 win.
To read the rest of this article, season 2014/15 is now available to download onto Kindle (and other electronic reading device) in full. Containing additional material and even some (poor) editing, you can get it here for less than the cost of a Griffin Park matchday programme or Balti Pie.
Thanks for reading and all your comments over the course of the season. For now, I need to make more space on the site for any follow up. However, ‘close season’ will continue in full, further along.
Even the BBC helped recognise the occasion ahead of kick off
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Flaccid mannschaft fails to excite as Gibraltar rock Germany
15 NovWell that was unexpected. Gibraltar travelled to Germany and more than held their own against the World Champions in Friday’s EURO 2016 qualifier. With the German fans prepping their calculators and leafing through the record books in anticipation of a goal fest, they were left more than disappointed after limping to a 4-0 win.
To read the rest of this article, season 2014/15 is now available to download onto Kindle (and other electronic reading device) in full. Containing additional material and even some (poor) editing, you can get it here for less than the cost of a Griffin Park matchday programme or Balti Pie.
Thanks for reading and all your comments over the course of the season. For now, I need to make more space on the site for any follow up. However, ‘close season’ will continue in full, further along.
Even the BBC helped recognise the occasion ahead of kick off
Tags: (seven) EURO, 1-0, 2013/14, 4-0, 7-0, Alan Judge, Alan McInally, Albania, Alex Pritchard, BBC, Bees, Beesotted, Betinho, blog, book, brackets, Brazil, Brentford, Brentford FC, captain Bastian Schweinsteiger, celebrated, Celebrating like they'd won the FA Cup, Championship, comments, david button, diary, England, Euro 2016, FA Cup, football, Fulham, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Griffin Park, Group D, Harlee Dean, Harry Redknapp, Ireland, James Tarkowski, Joachim Löw, Jon Toral, Jonathan Douglas, José Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo, Jota, Julian Draxler, just don’t mention that penalty, kindle, Liam Walker, mannschaft, Manuel Neuer, Marcello Trotta, Marco Reus, Marcos Tébar Ramiro, Mark Warburton, Matthew Benham, Moses Odubajo, Natalie Sawyer, Nick Bruzon, Nick Proschwitz, Nuremberg, odds, penalty, Portugal, qualifier, record, Russell Slade, Sam Saunders, Scotland, Sky bet Championship, Slovenia, Stuart Dallas, The Rock, Thomas Müller, Toumani, Trotta, Turkey, UEFA, Warbs, We go again, World Champions